Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-03
tits estimated that $50, 900 are invested
in natural-gas plants In Pennsylvanla.


Coy zuiick has vetoed the lottery bill re-
Gently passed by the legislature Of Arizona.
There are three thousand libraries contain
Ing QUE thousand volumes or more in this
country.
John Foxis now postmaster at Leadville,
having bsen appointed TO succeed II. Stark
removed.
Wesley Evans was smothered TO death by
choke-damp ina mine near Leadville, few
days ago.
IL has been discovered in Paris that the con.
tentsc many OF the ctter-boxes are systenat-
icaliy burned.
A writer of vigorous American prose de-
seribcs schoolgirl out In the cold world ''as
q minnow amid school OF saw-tootaed pick
crili''
Is Is sarcasiically remarked by Mrs. Grundy
that quite number OF Americans do not re-
reise their military titles until they reach Eu,
rope. =
4 correspondent Of TIE Cheyenne Sun tells Of
cowboy isipg into the midst of three mount
ain lions, shcn iassoing one and dragging u
to death.
Tho Los Angeles tcail board Of trade has
decided 10 issue bonds tothe amount Of $3.50,
nlQ for the erection OF a merchants exchange
building
A haif.pint 81 water FROM The Grafton aquc
Grct New York. contains, according - the as
sertiSn 81 an eminent physic'sn. $500
bacteria.
NJ ID Maasx has been SUNDAY school sup
eriasendent IN Louisville Ky. Tor ever thirty
Years During that inns he was aissas but
oae Sunday.
Among the hyae'n;hs held "a greatest favor
by nssstonia1s are ''Gzas lrisr,'' IN paie lilac,
King Ban" sfriacc OF Wals,," aud ''king
OF the Reds"
A party Of Knelishnen have baIlt factory
fsw the production o! wine from csanges at
Arcaondo. Fla. There is great dcm.nd for
this new beverage.
1t Is singular fact that NE Irish .iqfie,d-
ssrlss Published in Dublin has larger eirca.
iaticu. 7oo0a than any agricultural paper in
the United States
Tpaale;,es. which were abolished IN 1854.
have heca restored to the shoulders Of French
soldiers and General Boniangcr has added 10
his popularity By the measure.
swarms OF Iocasta are devastating the conn.
frs about Merida, Yuoataa. and il is only by
the hardest and most peTsegering work that
portion Of ihe crops win be saved
Mark Twain is said to be perfectly agnostic
IA his religious views lie, however, attends
church regularly, being fond OF the eloquent
Sermons % his friend, Dr TwitehciL
The death bf drowning at Sierra Madrc.
Cal, Of Y W eouid makes the ffth consecu--
tive case IN wliicl. the eldest male member Of
his family has persisted by drowning.
sass TAr N,rs York Mai; "a matrimonial
engagement Whereby the money win be kept
~ the family was the unique way Quarrel
ever somebody's will has been settied.''
james Taylor, while digging a well on his
farm near Excelsior, Wis. found In bed OF
gravel twenty feet below the surface a lot of
beautiful smethssts aed one very large and
valuable ruby.
The permanent school fund OF Tennessee
was recently increased BY en act Of the legIs-
lature from s2,ooo, 900 10 s.. ooo,0Oo which, at
per cent interest will yield an income of
sS09.oo9 year.
7hs 6Aarchmrs saws that 10 general the
clergy marry younger and with scan,ier pros
pect OF being able decently to fulhll the oblI-
cations thus entalled than either lawyers,
doctors or merchants
A Bangor school boy WAS told to apply tho
adjective anonymous 10 Some object. After
moments thought he doci.iei that the baby
was anonymous Iha teacher came very near
failing over backward
About Tho FRS, thing that hereafter Will
strike the eye Of the stranger IA Batte, Mon
iana. viii be the sign Licensed Gambling
House" which will be stuck up on dozen
buildings on Main street
New York proposes 20 spend 5000 90 In
'iie Improvements 81 rs streets, 500 o00o0)
% oe spent each yesr until the work Of flirn-
ships The city With entirely new paving OF the
best materials is finished
\ Chinamsn Of New York city named Wah
sing was held recently on a charge Of keeping
l gambling deu AMI opium JOINT His eoun-
lyman Tn fec. abu went on his bond. swore
hat be was werth over Sl0oooj.
out q $4,000 earthquakes obs srvcd on coast
ipes,Ehc German seisnioieSist, kluge ionhd
bat enly ~ were accompanied BY sea waves,
although very large proparton 81 the shocks
bsd probably originated under ,be sea
4 little Negro boz Ia Jacksonville, ria. in
answer "a The question Of northeruer as 10
shas The people ail there 10 make Il living.
serenity, said ''in De summer sab. we lives
a de fishes, aud Ia dc uia,gr We lives of de
siek Yankees"
A bih was introduced ir the New York SEN
lte Oh Tuesday requiring new lawyers 10 take
,at licenses at S519 for attorneys In New York
iod 500 ia other cities Of the state; s.. 90
OF attorneys and eonnseloTs In New Yofk city
ana 500 in other elites.
Ia Beaver Fails Pa, few DAYS $50 some
'oys were afiag large gayly-eoiorel Chinese
site. shaped Ike bird. when 1t was attacked
. large flock Of angry sparrows, The at
.sck wAs 50 derce that before the BOYS could
snil II 10 II teli to the ground mass OF tat
.eFs.
In South Carolina there are IA few farners
tho 40 rot Intend 10 plant any crop GA the
on lands uniii theY see where thewasp builds
bis nest II the sasp builds his nest low To
be ground there will be DO ffeshe,s this wear:
he builds 1t high up there is sure TO be high
water
Easard Brown. OF Eatonton Ga, has one
II the finest cyclone cellars Ia the country. II
heated near the back door Of his residence
md i large enough 20 ace liuno,lale The whole
Afn'ly. IL has walls OF brleA, floor carretcd
fireplace and chimney. and is handsomely
furnished
The beaver which before the war was pret.
y vel driven out u tlc southern states an.
bears 10 returning, showing that The aeernes
ere noi such keea and industrious hunters 40
br Shite-, ami the lattrr have not th. lois.
Ee 70 give 10 Heii SPORTS As formerly. The